Mohamed salah, a liverpool player, was caught on camera doing a superstitious act that helped him score his late penalty against newcastle.
Liverpool kicked off 2024 with a 4-2 victory over newcastle on new year’s day, lifting three points to the premier league summit. Liverpool dominated the proceedings, registering 34 goals and a target of 7.27, the highest level ever recorded since opta began recording the data in 2010.
Salah, who missed a first-half penalty, quickly corrected his mistake by scoring the reds’ opener, only to have it cancelled out for alexander isak. Liverpool took over once more thanks to a double from curtis jones and cody gakpo, before sven botman headed home against the run of play to bring the game to a tense conclusion. Salah, however, won the game, scoring his second spot-kick of the season after liverpool’s controversial late penalty.
And followers on social media. after a penalty miss in the first half, salah told sky sports: “i just trained with the ones i missed a penalty with,” he said. “it’s not superstition, but i wanted to change them.” I just changed them and it calmed my mind.” “it’s a great result for us,” salah said. We won by a lot, and now we are at the top of the standings. We need to be patient and win every game. “in the dressing room, the players talked. We must be content. I’ve lost the pen.
With that result, i didn’t want to leave the national team.” Salah now turns his attention to the africa cup of nations, where he will be aiming to lead egypt to continental glory. “i want to win,” he said about the tournament. We have some really good players. We have players who can compete in my situation. To play for the national team is a lot. It’s something i can’t take for granted. “i would love to win it,” he said.
